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210805-F-NS874-1021

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Richman, a 492nd Special Operations Training Group Detachment 2 loadmaster, straps a thermal blood transport box in a modified EC-130J Commando Solo during Operation Blood Rain at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Aug. 5, 2021. Operation Blood Rain is a research project in support of United States Special Operations Command, testing the safety of blood after it has experienced environmental and gravitational forces during the air drop, and assesses its feasibility for transfusion in a patient. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Blake Wiles)

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Blake Wiles
VIRIN: 210805-F-NS874-1021.JPG
FULL SIZE: 4.97 MB
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NIKON D850

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24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8

APERTURE

28/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/160

ISO

800

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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210805-F-NS874-1021

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Richman, a 492nd Special Operations Training Group Detachment 2 loadmaster, straps a thermal blood transport box in a modified EC-130J Commando Solo during Operation Blood Rain at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Aug. 5, 2021. Operation Blood Rain is a research project in support of United States Special Operations Command, testing the safety of blood after it has experienced environmental and gravitational forces during the air drop, and assesses its feasibility for transfusion in a patient. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Blake Wiles)

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Blake Wiles
VIRIN: 210805-F-NS874-1021.JPG
FULL SIZE: 4.97 MB
Additional Details

CAMERA

NIKON D850

LENS

24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8

APERTURE

28/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/160

ISO

800

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

Read More

This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release. If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit. Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations, which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters.